Previously 9th ranked Chael Sonnen is moved into the honorable mention category after his suspension and release from the UFC. Shogun Rua goes from 10th in last month’s ranking to 9th in July 2014. Ryan Bader goes from an honorable mention to 10th overall in this month’s rankings.

7th ranked Anthony Johnson is scheduled to fight (honorable mention) on July 26, 2014 at UFC on FOX 12.

No movement in the Flyweight rankings this month. Top ranked Demetrious Johnson’s win over 6th ranked Ai Bagautinov does not change their rankings. 3rd ranked John Dodson’s win over 5th ranked John Moraga does not affect their rankings.

Daniel Cormier’s win over Dan Henderson on May 24 bumps him from 4th in April 2014 to 3rd in this month’s rankings. Rashad Evans drops from 3rd to 4th. Dan Henderson remains the 6th ranked Light-Heavyweight for May 2014.

There are no Top 10 Light-Heavyweights scheduled to compete in June 2014.

Gegard Mousasi’s submission win over Mark Munoz on May 31 moves him from 6th in April 2014 to 5th in this month’s rankings. Luke Rockhold drops from 5th to 6th. Mark Munoz remains ranked 10th in the May 2014 rankings.

Matt Brown’s win over Erick Silva on May 10 moves him from an honorable mention in April 2014 to 10th in this month’s rankings. Robbie Lawler remains ranked 2nd after a TKO win over Jake Ellenberger on May 24. Demian Maia remains ranked 9th after a decision win over Alexander Yakovlev on May 31. Tarec Saffiedine falls from 10th in April 2014 to an honorable mention in this month’s rankings.

TJ Dillashaw goes form 7th ranked in April 2014 to first overall in this month’s rankings after a TKO win over Renan Barao on May 24. Barao drops from 1st to 2nd. Urijah Faber drops from 2nd to 3rd, Michael McDonald drops from 3rd to 5th, Raphael Assuncao moves from 5th to 4th. Eddie Wineland’s KO loss to Johnny Eduardo on May 10 drops him from 4th in April 2014 to an honorable mention in May 2014. Takeya Mizugaki’s decision win over Francisco Rivera on May 24 bumps him from 8th last month to 6th in May 2014, Rivera drops from 6th to 10th. Yuri Alcantara’s win over Vaughan Lee on May 31 moves him from 9th last month to 7th in May 2014. Alex Caceres goes from 10th to 8th and Johnny Eduardo enters the list at 9th.

No movement in the Flyweight Rankings this month. 8th ranked Chris Cariaso’s win over Louis Smolka on May 10 keeps him in the position in May 2014.

Top ranked Demetrious Johnson is scheduled to fight 6th ranked Ali Bagautinov on June 14 at UFC 174. 3rd ranked John Dodson is scheduled to fight 5th ranked John Moraga on June 7 at UFC Fight Night 42.

Jon Jones remains the top ranked Light-Heavyweight in the world by defending his UFC LHW title versus 5th ranked Glover Teixeira on April 26. Teixeira remains at 5th overall in the April 2014 rankings. Previously 4th ranked Phi Davis drops to 8th after a decision loss to Anthony Johnson. Johnson goes from an honorable mention in March 2014 to 7th overall in this month’s rankings. Daniel Cormier jumps from 6th to 4th. Dan Henderson bumps from 7th in March 2014 to 6th this month. Chael Sonnen drops from 8th to 9th, Shogun Rua from 9th to 10th and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira falls out of the Top 10 into the honorable mention category.

4th ranked Daniel Cormier is scheduled to fight 6th ranked Dan Henderson on May 24 at UFC 173. They are the only Top 10 fighters scheduled to compete in May 2014.

Michael Bisping’s decision loss to Tim Kennedy on April 16 drops him from 5th in March 2014 to 9th in this month’s rankings. Tim Kennedy goes from an honorable mention last month to 8th in April 2014. Luke Rockhold goes from 6th to 5th after a submission win over Tim Boetsch on April 26. Gegard Mousasi jumps from 8th to 6th and Francis Carmont falls from 8th in last month’s rankings to an honorable mention in April 2014.

6th ranked Gegard Mousasi is scheduled to fight 10th ranked Mark Munoz on May 31, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 41. There are no other Top 10 Middleweights scheduled to compete in May 2014.

10th ranked Tatsuya Kawajiri falls into the honorable mention category after a loss to Clay Guida on April 11. Guida goes from an honorable mention in March 2014 to 10th in this month’s rankings. Dustin Poirier remains ranked 7th at Featherweight after a win over Akira Corassani on April 16.

Sarah Kaufman remains 2nd ranked after a win over Leslie Smith on April 16. Bethe Correia enters the Top 10 at the 10th position after a win over Jessamyn Duke on April 26. Julianna Pena drops from 10th last month to the honorable mention category in April 2014. Miesha Tate remains ranked 7th after her win over Liz Carmouche on April 19. Carmouche remains ranked 8th.

There are no Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights scheduled to compete in May 2014.

Dan Henderson’s TKO win over Shogun Rua moves him from 9th overall at Light-Heavyweight in February 2014 to 7th in this month’s rankings. Chael Sonnen drops from 7th to 8th. Shogun Rua falls from 8th to 9th.

Top ranked Jon Jones is scheduled to defend his UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship against 5th ranked Glover Teixeira on April 26, 2014 at UFC 172. 4th ranked Phil Davis is scheduled to fight (honorable mention) Anthony Johnson also at UFC 172.

Carlos Condit drops from 2nd overall in February 2014 to 6th in this month’s rankings. Tyron Woodley’s win over Condit at UFC 171 moves him from an honorable mention last month to 4th in this month’s Welterweight rankings. Robbie Lawler jumps from 4th to 2nd after a close decision loss to Johny Hendricks on March 15. Rory MacDonald improves from 5th last month to 3rd in March 2014. Hector Lombard’s win over Jake Shields moves him from an honorable mention in February 2014 to 5th overall in this month’s rankings. Jake Shields was ranked 3rd overall last month and drops to 7th in this month’s rankings. Dong Hyun Kim jumps from 9th to 8th after a KO win over John Hathaway on March 1. Demian Maia drops from 6th to 9th. Previously 7th ranked Martin Kampmann and previously 8th ranked Jake Ellenberger both fall into the honorable mention category.

Previously 6th ranked Brad Pickett made a successful debut at Flyweight and is removed from the Bantamweight rankings this month. Francisco Rivera moves from 7th to 6th, TJ Dillashaw from 8th to 7th, Takeya Mizugaki from 9th to 8th and Yuri Alcantara from 10th to 9th. Alex Caceres goes from an honorable mention last month to 10th overall in March 2014.

No movement in the Flyweight rankings this month. Jussier Da Silva Formiga’s win over Scott Jorgensen on March 23 keeps him ranked 7th overall. Brad Pickett’s successful Flyweight debut over Neil Seery on March 8 puts him in the honorable mention category in the March 2014 rankings.

This is the 31st monthly installment of the Ringside Report official Top 10 MMA rankings. These rankings reflect results from February 1, 2014- February 28, 2014.

Daniel Cormier’s drop to light-heavyweight moves him out of the 3rd position in the heavyweight rankings and into the LHW Top 10. Fabricio Werdum moves from 4th to 3rd, Antonio Silva from 5th to 4th, Travis Browne from 6th to 5th, Josh Barnett from 7th to 6th, Stipe Miocic from 8th to 7th, Alistair Overeem from 9th to 8th, Mark Hunt from 10th to 9th. Gabriel Gonzaga moves from an honorable mention in January 2014 to 10th overall in this month’s rankings.

Previously 6th ranked Gegard Mousasi’s drop to Middleweight moves him out of the Light-Heavyweight rankings. Daniel Cormier enters the LHW rankings at 6th overall. No other movement in this month’s Light-Heavyweight rankings.

Gegard Mousasi’s enters the Middleweight rankings at 8th overall after a decision loss to Lyoto Machida on February 15. Mousasi was previously 6th ranked at Light-Heavyweight. Yushin Okami falls out of the Top 10 into the honorable mention category.

Georges St-Pierre’s inactivity and possible retirement moves him from 1st overall to an honorable mention in February 2014. Nick Diaz’ year of inactivity moves him from 7th overall into the honorable mention category. Johny Hendricks moves from 2nd in January 2014 to 1st in this month’s rankings. Carlos Condit moves from 3rd to 2nd. Jake Shields from 4th to 3rd and Robbie Lawler from 6th to 4th. Rory MacDonald jumps from 7th in January 2014 to 5th in this month’s rankings after a decision win over Demian Maia on February 22. Maia drops from 5th to 6th. Martin Kampmann moves from 9th to 7th and Jake Ellenberger bumps up from 10th to 8th. Dong Hyun Kim moves out of the honorable mention category and enters the Top 10 at 9th overall. Tarec Saffiedine enters the Top 10 at 10th.

Erik Koch’s lightweight debut moves him from 8th overall at Featherweight in January 2014 to an honorable mention at Lightweight in this month’s rankings. Jeremy Stephens moves from 9th to 8th and Darren Elkins from 10th to 9th. Tatsuya Kawajiri goes from an honorable mention in last month’s rankings to 10th overall in February 2014.

There are no Top 10 Featherweights scheduled to compete in March 2014.

Dominick Cruz’ continued inactivity moves him out of the top position and into the honorable mention category. Renan Barao bumps from 2nd to 1st, Urijah Faber from 3rd to 2nd, Michael McDonald from 4th to 3rd and Eddie Wineland from 5th to 4th. Raphael Assuncao moves from 7th to 5th. Francisco Rivera from 8th to 7th, TJ Dillashaw from 9th to 8th and Takeya Mizugaki from 10th to 9th. Yuri Alcantara moves from an honorable mention in last month’s rankings to 10th overall in February 2014.

6th ranked Brad Pickett is scheduled to make his Flyweight debut versus Neil Seery on March 8, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 37. There are no other Top 10 Bantamweights scheduled to compete in March 2014.

Ali Bagautinov’s decision win over John Lineker on February 1 at UFC 169 moves him from 9th overall in January 2014 to 6th in this month’s rankings. Lineker drops from 6th to 9th. Zach Makovsky goes from 10th in last month’s rankings to 9th in February 2014.

Alexis Davis’ win over Jessica Eye on February 22 moves her from 7th in January 2014 to 3rd in this month’s rankings. Jessica Eye drops from 3rd to 4th, Cat Zingano from 4th to 5th, Sara McMann from 5th to 6th and Miesha Tate from 6th to 7th.

There are no Top 10 Women Bantamweights scheduled to compete in March 2014.

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